Guo Kang felt that the smooth words he came up with in a hurry were embarrassing, but as long as he could fool everyone, there was no need to worry too much.
If you really want to verify it, you will find that many things are unclear and may not meet the definition of this era. But that doesn't make any sense.
The Romans were very familiar with doctrine. When the country is strong, who is orthodox and who is a heretic is just a matter of the emperor's words.
Lama Wang and others are quite familiar with the history of Nestorianism. Nestorianism became independent because its teachings were incompatible with the "orthodoxy" of Christianity at that time. One of the main differences is their opposition to icons.
However, after Nestorianism arrived in the Tang Dynasty, it received the emperor's favor and was able to hang portraits of the late emperors for display and sacrifice. At this time, Nestorianism had no intention of destroying the icons. Instead, they burst into tears of gratitude. They proclaimed how glorious they were to have the portraits of several emperors hanging here every day, and never mentioned the matter of idolatry.
Therefore, everyone is well aware of things like doctrine. Instead of trying so hard to make your words conform to doctrine, it is better to try to make Rome stronger and make your words become new doctrines - isn't that what King Castle Theological Seminary does when it trains so many old priests who are wise and poor in scriptures.
Thinking of this, Guo Kang no longer felt any embarrassment. He looked at Lama Wang, who was still in a daze, and reminded: "Master Wang, please continue."
"Oh." Lama Wang responded hurriedly. He pondered for a moment and said: "This time, I mainly want to introduce to you the changes in the situation around the Ming Dynasty, so that you can judge how to adjust the direction of diplomacy."
"However, because it is too far away, a lot of information is passed down by word of mouth, which may not be accurate. It just so happens that I have an informant who has some business dealings with the east side. How about I ask him to introduce it to everyone?"
"Is this person reliable?" the adoptive father finally spoke and asked.
"Reliable, it's the racing driver Zhao Liang who has been very prosperous in the arena in the past two years." Wang Da Lama said: "This person is a straight woman and has a lot of contacts with businessmen in the east. He has also been in the competition before. Ask about things in your hometown. It may be more accurate than the information we hastily collected."
"Then give the order to let him in," said the queen.
Lama Wang shook his fly whisk and bowed to express his gratitude. He waved to the door, and the timid Xue over there turned to call. After a moment, a somewhat reserved young man walked in.
"Are you Zhao Liang, a straight woman?" asked the adoptive father.
"I am Zhao Liang, but I am not actually a Jurchen." Zhao Liang defended: "My family's genealogy says that our ancestor was a member of the Song Dynasty royal family who was captured by the Jurchens and taken to Five Kingdoms City, and may be Emperor Huizong himself. I am actually Han people.”
"Uh..." The foster father was stunned.
What Zhao Liang said sounded strange, but no one could deny it.
Later records like to describe the humiliation suffered by Emperor Huiqin, but unfortunately, the perspective of the parties involved seems different. Along the way, the Jin people were barbaric and rude, and the people accompanying them suffered heavy casualties. Some of the concubines and palace officials of the second emperor committed suicide due to the humiliation. But these had a very limited impact on Huizong.
After arriving at Five Kingdoms City, Huizong wrote more than a thousand poems, held poetry meetings with others, and made paintings. His life seemed to be going well. He also gave birth to 19 children with his remaining wives, concubines, and palace maids. Five of them are the children of the Jin man, and the other 14 are his.
Neither Huizong nor the Jin people cared much about this and had no intention of covering up. Therefore, this record should be credible. Plus Qin Zong's four children, the total is not small.
Although the Five Kingdoms City is a bitter cold place and the Second Emperor is a subjugated king, their lives are much better than those of the Han civilians and the local Jurchen civilians.
The Second Emperor obviously knew these truths very well, so he positioned his identity very accurately. He has never been sympathetic to the people, nor does he take the experiences of his subordinates or even his concubines seriously. He has a very good attitude. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that a big family is left behind.
Therefore, this legend about his family is somewhat credible.
Besides, Guo Kang couldn't dig up Song Huizong's tomb and use his almighty internal power to do a DNA test on them. In this case, there is no way to falsify other people's claims...
"Is this person famous?" Next to him, Shi Ke, who had never been interested in entertainment activities, couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"It's very famous. Greeks love racing. You've heard of it, right?" Li Xuanying, who often plays in the market, is obviously more familiar with Guo Kang. Seeing that he didn't answer immediately, he interrupted: "These people compete for racing. Everyone can rebel."
"I've heard of this. What next?" Shi Ke asked.
"Then this person is the most popular racing driver now." Li Xuanying explained: "In the annual competition the year before last, they had a dispute with another team. It turned out that the boss behind them was from the Italian Tang Clan, and he was ruthless and dirty. Just kill the horse he was driving and throw his head into the inn where he was staying."
He had told Guo Kang about this before.
The so-called "Tangmen" is one of the five most influential martial arts sects in Rome today, coming from Italy. It is said that the predecessor of this sect was the "Mafia" that appeared in the Sicilian Vespers incident in 1282. Later, he interacted with some upper-class Italian nobles, received their sponsorship and use, and developed.
In their organization, ordinary members respectfully address the sect elders as "Your Excellency" or "Don" in the local language. Everyone in the Roman Khanate thought this was the name of the organization at first, so they called them Tang Clan. Later, it became a habit.
Because they have been poisoning and assassinating each other all year round, these people have developed various hidden weapons and poison-using techniques, and are known as "Western Poison".
"It's really unfortunate to offend these people." Guo Kang commented.
"But he has the ability." Li Xuanying said: "Although there is no horse race, Zhao Liang still insists on competing. Time is tight, and he can't even find a spare race horse, so he simply asked his partners to temporarily find a few donkeys to replace him."
"Both the audience and the opponents thought it was a joke, but the donkey cart turned out to be a clean one, leaving behind a lot of opponents with good horses, and won the championship."
"The audience thought that this could no longer be described as an extraordinary performance of a racing car. It was simply a miracle from the East. Even his opponents and the Tang Sect were stunned. After that, he became famous in one fell swoop."
"Then... he, the descendant of Emperor Song, is probably true." Shi Ke was silent for a moment and commented.
